I seem to recall that this was the prediction in the original Fark thread on the reward. That the response would be "Thanks for the report citizen, but the $1M won't be awarded to you because Dorner wasn't arrested and convicted."

It's amazing how the guy who killed the daughter of his lawyer, her fiancee, and a few cops in random encounters comes out of this as the most credible person in the entire shiat show. Great good LAPD and other SoCal LEO.

I'm assuming that the purpose of not paying a reward unless they take him alive is to discourage vigilantism. You don't want some guy out there looking to pop him for the reward money. However, I personally think there should be an exception if he offs himself or the cops off him after you provided his whereabouts.

ha-ha-guy:It's amazing how the guy who killed the daughter of his lawyer, her fiancee, and a few cops in random encounters comes out of this as the most credible person in the entire shiat show. Great good LAPD and other SoCal LEO.

I was going to argue with you on this, because whether he had a point before he started shooting non-combatants he pretty much lost any and all credibility the moment he did...but then I realized that didn't actually disprove what you said.

Three Crooked Squirrels:I'm assuming that the purpose of not paying a reward unless they take him alive is to discourage vigilantism. You don't want some guy out there looking to pop him for the reward money. However, I personally think there should be an exception if he offs himself or the cops off him after you provided his whereabouts.

They should be required to pay the full reward for exactly the same reasons. As things stand now, it's in Their financial interests to make sure They kill him rather than capture him. Saves a whole lot of money. No expensive trial, no reward payout, no cost of incarceration.

"The Running Man" by Stephen King touches upon this oh so slightly. Money from those in power will cause the down-trodden to betray their brother and thus betray their cause. It was the way the Games worked. It kept the dregs entertained and salivating.

Too bad the book could never be literally translated to movie form today.

I'm actually very glad to read this news. All these people who say you can't trust the police and they're a bunch on armed gang members are right. It's as if they are lending credence to everything Dorner stood against. Hypocritical, lying weaselly scumbags, the whole lot of LAPD are. When (not if) the next time an ex cop goes on the rampage I hope the public will not assist in any way.

I understand this whole situation has been optioned by Warner Brothers as an update of the Keystone Kops and both Jim Carrey and Robin Williams are coking it up in order to better play the lead investigators. Dave Chappelle will be playing Dorner as a wacky crazy dude.

LowbrowDeluxe:ha-ha-guy: It's amazing how the guy who killed the daughter of his lawyer, her fiancee, and a few cops in random encounters comes out of this as the most credible person in the entire shiat show. Great good LAPD and other SoCal LEO.

I was going to argue with you on this, because whether he had a point before he started shooting non-combatants he pretty much lost any and all credibility the moment he did...but then I realized that didn't actually disprove what you said.

I think the moment he popped the non-combatants he lost any claim at ethics or the moral high ground, but LAPD spent the entire making him look more and more credible with regard to the claims that LAPD was a brutish and stupid operation.

muck4doo:Am I the only person who sees something wrong with the government offering rewards for information that leads to arrest AND conviction?

Hmm. Setting aside shenanigans like this, what's the problem there? The standards for arrests and convictions are very different, as they should be.

An informant could very easily provide information which led to someone's arrest simply by lying or exaggerating, but which wouldn't lead to a conviction because the lie wouldn't hold up under investigation. So, no reward, because that would incentivize false reports.

It doesn't really apply to manhunt-style situations like this, but lots of rewards are for information on cases where the perps are unidentified, or known and not on the run.

This is the same thing that happened to the ladies truck that got mistakenly fearfrkked by the LAPD during the manhunt..."uh yeah about that money, we have a 400k pension to pay a retiring official"...or "thats settlement money for the next minority we savagely beat and it gets filmed".

ha-ha-guy:I think the moment he popped the non-combatants he lost any claim at ethics or the moral high ground, but LAPD spent the entire making him look more and more credible with regard to the claims that LAPD was a brutish and stupid operation.

K3rmy:"The Running Man" by Stephen King touches upon this oh so slightly. Money from those in power will cause the down-trodden to betray their brother and thus betray their cause. It was the way the Games worked. It kept the dregs entertained and salivating.

Too bad the book could never be literally translated to movie form today.

"I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half." - Jay Gould

K3rmy:"The Running Man" by Stephen King touches upon this oh so slightly. Money from those in power will cause the down-trodden to betray their brother and thus betray their cause. It was the way the Games worked. It kept the dregs entertained and salivating.

Too bad the book could never be literally translated to movie form today.